Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1887-03-19

from his window ~ the aFemea. Mar
Dahlman, siothisF, escaped hv iamp-
| ING tWo EkrRipa IN TO an adiainina
building. W. p Lamb. ard Insurance
aelcstsr. narrowly escaPed WITH his
life He was taken from a Sire eseape.
Wm. A. H0vsn, 81 Helena. NJ T.. vas
harmed ahoat the hands. feet and faee.
BE is suffering from tha shock. He IL
tleief EnRineer Of the NsEtheEn RaciHc
Rsilrnad.
r. II. Humsa occupied room ea the
teird noor. He vas awakened BY tae
RINGING or xn E1zCrRzc nxr1s
And after arOasinQ several people on
the same door, iumprd thrnanA the 1
window 10 the Kitchen rNsf. There
evervthinw was IN hsunes. Others we're
~ The same reof. He made = rush for
the EaRle-street door. and passing /
through the kitchea skyliVht aud out
Through the flames. escaped. He lefs /
i've PERSONS On The kitchen roof. and /
thinks thev must all have perishea. as
they did not sttempt 10 follow him. |
Four are dead amanS these who jumped /
from ths buildine-Wm. Purcell. . bro
ker Of this city, an unknown man and
| Q woman.
TIM BURxED BUnpENa
Was erected in 1855 for hotel uurposes |
ard was called the st. James Hotel. Il |
was noi enccegs financially. and after /
. STRUGGLING existence, passed in 1854 |
into the hands Of the Young Men's |
Christian Association After the $50 |
cistien gave IN its rooms IN the old |
| building iD Ooi0ber last Rofsert Stat. |
ford, 8. p. Whitaker and W. ]. Mann |
took lease Of The property for hatel
purposes for term Of years. whitaker
reports that .
Ekn0R AMOUNT CT DrAMoNDs
Were in the hotel last uiQht. D. Robin
son, Of Lambert a o.. bad stock val /
ned at $4,000 deposited IN the safe. A
Mr.. Adler had IN his roem &S0.00o 4
worth. aDd q Mr.. Smith had another
considerable stock, the amount Of which /
is not known
xHx DoDx or oxH wcMkN
Was recovered this morning and vas
identified a. that Of Kate Wolf, Of
Isockport. Margaret welsh, . servant
at the Richmond. is missing. with still
another servant, and it is believed that
they must be included among the dead.
r. A. Kahn and II. ID. Ramsey, Of New
York, Who we're 50 seriously hurnsd, are
not expected TO live.
0plnaan I'm q Land Case.
wAsHNoruN, March lS.-In compll-
anee with q request from the Secretary
Of the Interior, the AttorRey General
rendered an opinion IN the celebrated
case Of the Northern Pacihe Railroad
Oombany vs. 0uilfoFd Miller. He ap-
pealed 10 the Department of the In
terror from the desieioa Of the Commits
siener Of the General Land Ofioe. The
history OF the case, briefly stated. is ss
follows: On December o. 1884. Miller
filed q homestead entry Of the tract In |
question IN tba Wslla Walla, W. T..
land Office. The tract entered lies !
within forty miles Of the line OF the '
general route Of said road. o. shown by (
q map filed on February Il, 1872, which
fling, under the granting act, operated
to the withdrawal Of the lands from
settlement and entry. On the desnita
location Of the road, October 4. 1880.
the land was found TO be outside of the
forty and fiftV miles indemnity limit, /,
and the Withdrawal on the original route
was continued as an indemnity with
dFaval. The couapauy selected the
land October ~, 1888 The principle
question at issue ia whether the rail ,
road indemnity Withdrawals are author
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the officers Of the Interior Department
had or has the authority TO withhold ,
lands within the indemnity limits from !
entry and settlement. The Attorney !
General finds that such withdrawal does
not rest upon any statutory proceeding, .
bat apan the general authority Of the
Land Department, which has been re-
co0nixed by Congress and repeatedly
affirmed by the United States Supreme
Court and ID is nov regarded as being
too well established 20 allow of
question, the land having been ,
withdrawn since 1872. Itfollows, there
fore. that Miller's entry was improperly
allowed.
NEW YoRK. March 1s.-The office Of
Walter E. Lavton. 81 Broadway. tkis
morning was besieged by his excited
creditors. They conld not get much in
formation, az the chief bookksepeF Of
the Arm bad disappeared. Rufus Y.
Kirkland, partner Of LAwton, 10 making
an examination of the affairs of the
sbacondine debtor, whose defaloations
will amount 10 more than half millien.
The Case Of the Anarchists.
OrrIvA (III.), March ls.-Ths States
ATTORNEY made his argument before the
Supreme Court In the Ansrckists case
today. He said at the start that it would
/ be strange IL in Q case OF such great
length few errors had not srept In, bat
| the Court Voald hnd no error had 90
cuFred sufficient 20 warrant the granting
/ Of a new friai. Justice had not been
Obstruotad or interfered with In the
aliQhteat degree In the progress Of the
| tx1al. The osse involved the Integrity
Of the constitution and very probably OF
the government. Anarchists we're on
| trial and there was ne use in attempting
10 DENY Il. He then reviewed the tssti-
mony 20 prsve the fact Of conspiracy.
| The Attorney General followed and
oorfnsd himself TO eTpcundinR the lav
Of conspiracy and contended that under
the evideDes the defendants we're abso-
lutely eonvisted Of murder.
WAITING Eoa THE oPnnoN.
OrILwA (IIla.), March IS.-Judee
| Schoaeld, Of the Supreme Court, said
| this evening, in case Of q reversal and
| the ordering Of q new trial, the opinion
of the court would be sent 10 ChicsRo
and would be made public as soon g q
arrived, but In case the decision OF the
lower court is affirmed, the public viii
not be apPFised Of the fact untll tne
court meets akhtu - OttoNoa NAso1 ~eh
be in September next In case Of an
| affirmation, the court must ~ the date
| Of execution and must do Il In open
court ard in the district where the cass
belonged. The court viii adjourn -
| session here next week. and u u OF
course impossible for the co1rt % ex-
anime the bulky record and return 80
opinion before the adiouEnment. IL
| followa that Il will be impossible for the
anarchists 10 be hanged before next
fall. Sentence cannot be afarmeo hnd
the day Of execusi0n fixed before tue
| aFss Tuesday In September. About one
month would doubtless be Allowed be
tween the affirmation and the day OF
| executions. The anarchists, therefore,
need have no fear Of being hanged be
fore Ostober. Judge Scott is expested
70 return from California about April
iss, and be will participate in aeoidinR
the case. Since the arguments have
been made, the prevailing opinlon hsfe
seems 20 be that she " rdiet Of the eouFt
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